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Lhasa
ལྷ་ས། · 拉萨
ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས · 城关区
Collage of views of Lhasa, Tibet.jpg
Province Tibet
Elevation 3,490 m (11,540 ft)
Population (2000 census)
 • Total 223,001
Postal code 850000
Website [1]

Lhasa (Tibetan: ལྷ་ས།; Chinese: 拉萨) is a city in Tibet. It is one of the highest cities in the world. It has many Tibetan Buddhist sites such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang and Norbulingka.

Images for kids

  • Songstengampo

    Songtsän Gampo

  • Lhasa gateway 1905

    Gateway to Lhasa at the time of the 1904 British expedition to Tibet.

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 135-KA-07-089, Tibetexpedition, Mönche mit Blasinstrumenten

    Lhasa in 1938

  • Lhasa, Tibet

    Lhasa sits in a flat river valley

  • Lhasa from the Pabonka Monastery

    Lhasa from the Pabonka Monastery. The Potala Palace rises above the old city.

  • Chengguan District sketch map png

    The "city of Lhasa" (pink) within the Chengguan District (yellow)

  • IMG 0996 Lhasa Barkhor

    An elderly Tibetan woman holding a prayer wheel on the street in Lhasa

  • Mendicant monk in Lhasa, 1993

    Mendicant monk in Lhasa

  • Mother & son playing lute. Lhasa 1993

    Woman with son busking in Lhasa, 1993

  • Banak Shöl HotelLhasa

    Banak Shöl Hotel

  • Potala Palace, August 2009

    The Potala Palace

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-12-09-14, Tibetexpedition, Wirtschaftsgebäude des Potala

    Inner and outer Zhol Village as seen from the Potala Palace in 1938.

  • Tibet-5540 (2624909770)

    Norbulingka

  • Jokhang Square, the first destination or drop-off for most tourists

    Jokhang Square

  • Old Barkhor street

    Old Barkhor street, 1993.

  • Ramoche-Tempel Schuh 2007

    Ramoche Temple

  • Tibet Museum1

    Tibet Museum

  • Tibet Peaceful Liberation Monument, Potala Square

    Tibet Peaceful Liberation Monument, Potala Square

  • Potala image in bar

    Bar in Lhasa with image of Potala on wall. 1993.

  • Tibet university 2007

    Tibet University Auditorium (2007)

  • Lhasatrainstation shu
    Lhasa railway station
  • Lhasa airport

    Lhasa Gonggar Airport

  • Lhasa from Potala place

    Mainstreet


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